New Delhi: Iran has offered to mediate in the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen. According to news agency ANI, a senior Iranian official stated, "On humanitarian grounds, we are willing to do whatever we can." Dr Takht Ravanchi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is currently visiting India.

Nimisha Priya faces a death sentence at the Central Prison in Sanaa for the alleged murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdu Mahadi. She was found guilty of murdering Mahadi, dismembering his body, and disposing of the remains in a water tank on July 25, 2017. Yemeni President Rashad Al Alimi recently upheld her death sentence.

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In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that the Indian government was providing all possible assistance to Nimisha Priya’s family.

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